Elmwood School - Samara Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

Page 12 text:

CANDID CAMERA SHOTS

Page 11 text:

p. Brunet B. Gibbs D. Gates J. McCulloch A. MacKenzie A. Edwards Senior Basketball A. Edwards J. McCulloch B. Gibbs Senior Badminton M. Burns J. McLaren J. Hargreaves S. Cabeldu T. Van Roijen R. Curtis Junior Basketball J. McLaren M. Mackenzie R. Curtis Junior Badminton A. Edwards J. McCulloch D. Gates Tennis FRY HOUSE

Page 13 text:

SAMARA 11 DRAMATICS TE House plays were presented in De- cember. Fry was the winner, with the first act of Thornton Wilder ' s Our Town, which was particularly well acted. Keller ' s first play, The Valiant, came sec- ond, with the Nightingale play Guest House, Very Exclusive third. Keller ' s second play The Rehearsal , which was very amusing, ranked fourth. On Thursday, December 17th., the Junior forms entertained an audience of parents and friends. Forms IVc, IVb, and IVa gave a Nativity play directed by Miss Briggs, while the Kindergarten, Transition and Form I act- ed Blackbird Pie and gave a performance with their rhythm band. On March 11th., the Ashbury-Elmwood play, directed by Mr. Belcher, was presented at the Little Theatre. This year Noel Cow- ard ' s bright and sophisticated comedy Hay Fever was the play chosen. It is not alto- gether an easy play for young actors since the whole action must run smoothly, with apparent casualness. In particular Judy Mc- CuUoch, with the role of Judith Bliss, the re- tired actress who is considering returning to the stage, and whose moods lead her from one pose to another, had no easy part to play. Yet she carried it off with distinction. Sallie McCarter as Sorel, the daughter, was equally successful. Sorel is a frank and unconvention- al young woman who sees the faults of her family — particularly her mother — and com- ments on them freely. Usually offhand in manner, she is more inhibited than the rest of this unusual family, and amazes their guests by suddenly indulging, with Judith, in an im- passioned rendering of one of that actresses favourite scenes. The scene of the intelligent party game that failed — one of the most suc- cessful in the play— depended very much on Sallie ' s acting. Jackie Nothnagel acted convincingly the part of the somewhat sophisticated woman for whom the young son has conceived a passion. Jackie ' s lines were always well timed, and particularly natural and spontaneous was her scene with Robin MacNeil, as the novelist father, and her breakfast-time scene with the visiting diplomat. Betsy Alexandor and Judy Nesbitt had smaller parts, but filled them very compe- tently. Betsy played the long-suffering maid, who is almost as free in showing her opinion of the guests as the family themselves, and Judy the part of the sweet and innocent girl who is invited only that David may study her for a character in his novel, and who soon